I want find a part of myself that I feel shame about, or that I feel really scared of exposing to the world.

When I'm sitting at my computer writing, I really have this fiendish smile on my face. I am not thinking about the past or the future or how it's going to be received. I feel that I'm very lucky that way; I don't carry that particular anxiety around with me. I'm not anxiety-free by any means, but that happens to be one that I've been spared.

When I'm creatively solving problems, I'm in my sweet spot, and nothing can take me out of that joyful present.

You bet your bindi that’s how big I want it.

I think thats the most important job of a novelist - to bring authority to their writing.

I want find a part of myself that I feel shame about, or that I feel really scared of exposing to the world.

I think one of the good things about writing novels is that you always start from scratch.